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Rise and shine, Tallahassee! In today’s edition: A dog park brewery, a Buc-ee’s megastore plan, the Harlem Globetrotters 100 year tour, and more. Let’s get to it!
— Cait Baker
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📰 In the news
Spaces for big and small: Crews are clearing land for The Dog Haus, a Tallahassee dog park with brewery and coffee, slated to open this fall with memberships for dogs and free entry for people — get all the details.
Campus life gets a boost: Raa Middle School students ate lunch in their new cafeteria for the first time on January 6, nearly doubling dining space and capacity, with next renovation phase planned this fall — read the full story.
Supersized pit stop plans: Buc-ee’s has purchased over 30 acres near Capital Circle NW and I-10 in Tallahassee for a new store. Plans call for a big shop with many pumps and parking — see the size and specs.
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🫶 We got your back
Temporary changes to waste services: Leon County’s Solid Waste Management Facility closed Jan. 7 to Jan. 12 for security and operations tied to the World Athletics Cross Country Championships at Apalachee Regional Park. It reopens today. Drop-offs were paused, but curbside residential pickup was not affected Learn more about the closure.
Stock a neighbor’s pantry: Your quick nudge to do something that actually helps. Jump into a pack-and-sort shift, or back the mobile pantries at Second Harvest of the Big Bend, the local food bank fueling meals across the Big Bend through partner agencies, schools, and community sites.
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📆 Around town this week
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🎸 Gareth Pearson @ Tallahassee Senior Center | Monday (1/12) at 11:00 AM – Late-morning cure for the blahs: a coffeehouse concert with Gareth Pearson, the Welsh Tornado, fingerpicking country, classical, jazz, pop, and bluegrass before your latte cools. Think Chet Atkins speed with Tommy Emmanuel swagger, Montreal Jazz Festival cred, and none of the stadium parking.
🏀 Florida A&M Rattlers Mens Basketball vs. Grambling State Tigers @ Alfred Lawson Jr. Multipurpose Center | Monday (1/12) at 4:00 PM – Rattlers host Grambling State for a classic SWAC showdown, the kind where defense snarls, rims rattle, and the pep band refuses to play quietly. Skip the couch, grab a seat, and cheer like you know the fight song, or at least clap on beat.
🖼 Opening Reception: Memories of Other Places, Other Times @ LeMoyne Arts | Tuesday (1/13) at 5:00 PM – LeMoyne opens Memories of Other Places, Other Times, a show from the Artists’ League of Big Bend that travels the world without TSA. Expect thoughtful work, an in-house bar, light bites, and the Zak Kahn Trio. Members stroll in free, everyone else is five bucks.
🏀 The Harlem Globetrotters 100 Year Tour @ Donald L. Tucker Civic Center | Tuesday (1/13) at 7:00 PM – Grab the kids and your inner 10-year-old, the Harlem Globetrotters are celebrating 100 years of trick shots, goofy gags, and gasp-worthy dunks. It is the rare show where you can laugh, reminisce, and still claim you went to a basketball game.
🔮 Grady Hendrix: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls @ Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee | Wednesday (1/14) at 6:30 PM – If you’ve been waiting for a sign to swap Netflix for live occult hijinks, Grady Hendrix is back at the Challenger Learning Center IMAX to talk witches, movies, and mischief. Tickets are $25, you walk out with the paperback, no eye of newt required.
🎸 Rumours ATL @ The Moon Tallahassee | Thursday (1/15) at 7:30 PM – Whether you wore out Rumours on vinyl or found it in your kid’s playlist, this Fleetwood Mac tribute at The Moon nails the harmonies, the drama, and the witchy twirl. Sing along, feel the Rhiannon chills, then snag tickets at MoonEvents.com.
🥙 2026 Greek Gyro Fest @ Tallahassee Greek Food Festival | Friday (1/16) at 11:00 AM – Nothing beats starting the year with a proper gyro, hot fries, and a salad to make you feel virtuous. Swing by the Hellenic Center behind the church for a Greek Gyro Fest, the tasty sequel if you skipped last fall, same neighborhood charm, fewer lines.
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📻 Tallahassee report
Weather forecast
Today – High: 54°F – Low: 33°F – Precip: 0%
Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Later: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
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Tomorrow – High: 62°F – Low: 40°F – Precip: 0%
Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. North wind around 0 mph. Later: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.
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